Homebuyer report - beware?

akah123

We found a nice house last year and in April had a £625 homebuyer report.
In January this year we found a leak in the roof and, in the opinion of the roofer, were informed that the roof had been like this for some considerable time.
We then contacted the survey company who admitted they had noted the problem during the survey but failed to transcribe their site notes correctly and after 7 weeks offered us the cost of the repairs bar £300. We accepted this as we have been living in chaos since January.
The roofer have now found in excess of £3000 additional work that required doing which wouldn't have been visible to the surveyor.
However, the fact that the survey company failed to give the roof a condition rating of at least 2 (action required soon), they denied us the chance of negotiating a reduction in sale price or even asking the vendors to sort the problem out before completion. We do not have the extra £3000!
Any thoughts...?

slosher

Write a formal complaint to the surveying company, I would also speak to your conveyancing solicitor.
If you get no joy there see if you have legal cover on any of your insurances, mine is on my home insurance and contact the legal department to see if you have a case.

We are doing similar after buying a house that had a great survey only to find that we had a massive case of dry rot, we are in the starting process of suing the surveyor to recover our costs.

If not there are always no win no fee solicitors that may take the case, at least you will know where you stand once you have had legal advise. Good Luck

akah123

Thanks for that. Just out of curiosity - which surveying company was it?
And good luck with your claim!!